A strong partnership: Daniel Schönfelder, President of BASF’s Battery Materials division, and Marc Affüpper, Managing Director of the TSR Group, sign an agreement to collaborate on the recycling of electric vehicle batteries in Europe. Photo: BASF
New electronic grade ammonium hydroxide plant in Ludwigshafen in support of wafer cleaning, etching and other precision processes in semiconductor manufacturing. Photo: BASF


Cooperation for battery recycling in Europe

BASF and TSR Group are joining forces to accelerate large-scale battery recycling for electric vehicles in Europe.

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BASF constructs new plant in Ludwigshafen to strengthen European chip industry

For the production of ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH EC)

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